Because YOU demanded it; the long sold out “Farm Boy Luke” is available again. Now with paint and packaging matching the original 1983 Return of the Jedi action figure. This low run edition was made for the die-hard collectors or those that missed the first release. The are 2 versions that reflect the original release variations with the yellow hair and for the first time in the jumbo scale – brown hair Luke!

Most importantly; it’s for you, the fans and collectors that told us “I had this when I was a kid!”

The good news is that this figure is available again in EXTREMELY limited quantities (only 250 of each version) and if you are already a member of their 2016 Premiere Club you can preorder the figure! The bad news is that their pre-order quantities are already sold through. But there will be some available at the Gentle Giant booth at SDCC.

Funko is proud to announce its presence at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016!

We’ve partnered with Underground Toys to provide four Pop! vinyl bobblehead exclusives for the show, with an emphasis on the original Star Wars trilogy!

From Luke Skywalker’s Bespin encounter with Darth Vader to Luke and Han Solo as decorated veterans of the Rebellion, these exclusives pay homage to the films that started it all! The bounty hunter 4-LOM is an essential for any Star Wars fan!

Head to Booth #S203 to get your Star Wars Celebration Europe Funko Exclusives!

SANTA MONICA, June 2, 2016 – Best known for hs iconic role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, Mark Hamill will bring his encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture and passion for memorabilia to Comic-Con HQ, the new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) destination that will extend the experience of San Diego Comic-Con into a year-round event.

Mark Hamill’s Pop Culture Quest, a docu-style series featuring authentic stories about passionate fans and their collections, will be hosted and produced by Hamill. Production on the series will begin in June when he returns from shooting Star Wars VIII in the U.K. The series will debut on Comic-Con HQ this fall.

Hamill has been amassing memorabilia, including comic books, toys, lunch boxes, records, puppets, original artwork, and much more since the early 1970s. Now with Pop Culture Quest, he can share his appreciation and introduce other interesting collectors and their treasures to the Comic-Con community.

“I’ve been a collector all my life,” said Hamill. “This show is a natural outgrowth of that passion. Now I have an opportunity to collect other people’s collections! I can’t wait to see what’s out there and share it with the world. Collectibles are a living history of who and what we are, so we just might learn something…but there’s no doubt we’re going to have fun!”

Seth Laderman, EVP and General Manager, Comic-Con HQ, added, “From the moment I started talking with Mark about this idea over three years ago, his enthusiasm was infectious. It had such an impact on me that after I came to Comic-Con HQ, my first call was to him and his team about how to bring this show to our community. Passion is at the heart of all of our original series, with a goal to allow innovators like Mark the opportunity to create and bring their ideas to life. We couldn’t be happier to help Mark’s show find a home.”

Hamill will once again team with his friend and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi producer Howard Kazanjian. Kazanjian was Executive Producer on Raiders of the Lost Ark and served as VP at Lucasfilm during the dramatic expansion of the company in the 1980s. Producer Darren Moorman, whose film Same Kind of Different as Me will be released next year, and longtime collector and vintage show promoter Scott Kinney will round out the producing team as Executive Producers on the series.

More news about upcoming programming and partnerships for Comic-Con HQ will be announced in the coming weeks. Anyone can register now for a free extended trial on Comic-ConHQ.com via web browsers and iOS/Android devices. The paid subscription service will officially roll out this summer across more connected devices and distribution platforms such as Roku, AppleTV and Amazon’s Streaming Partners Program, with additional devices becoming available in the months to come.

Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, General Leia struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. Luke Skywalker was a Tatooine farmboy who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known. A generation later, the location of the famed Jedi master was one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries.

Maz Kanata is more than a thousand years old, a diminutive being with vast experience at surviving in the underworld. An ancient protocol droid of unknown manufacture, ME-8D9 has been a fixture at Maz’s castle on Takodana for many years.

A young, ruthless officer in the First Order, General Hux has complete confidence in his troops, training methods and weapons. Known for its distinctive red-armored foot soldiers, the Guavian Death Gang is a criminal organization driven out of the Core Worlds by unrest in the galactic underworld.

Despite dismissing herself as “no one,” Rey learns that her life is being shaped by the mysterious power of the Force. As a leader of the First Order and a student of Supreme Leader Snoke, Kylo Ren seeks to destroy the New Republic, the Resistance and the legacy of the Jedi.

A Stormtrooper raised from birth to serve the First Order, FN-2199 fought alongside his comrades FN-2000, FN-2003 and FN-2187, better known as Finn. Temmin “Snap” Wexley is a pilot in Blue Squadron known as the best recon flier in the Resistance’s Starfighter Corps.

Target Exclusive

From her castle on Takodana, Maz has seen galactic powers rise and fall and felt the Force ebb and flow, seeking an elusive balance between darkness and light.

GameStop Exclusive

Rey is a Jakku scavenger, a survivor toughened by life on a harsh desert planet. She wears an X-Wing helmet and clasps a small doll to remember her family.

Hot Topic Exclusive

A decorated X-wing pilot, Poe Dameron can fly anything, which is fortunate given how often his headstrong nature leads him into trouble. The Hot Topic exclusive Poe shows him donning his iconic jacket.

Walgreens Exclusive

In the final scene of The Force Awakens, Rey comes face-to-face with the next great step in her journey to the Force.

FYE Exclusive

Poe Dameron in his X-Wing pilot uniform can only be found at FYE.

Pop! Star Wars

Bespin Luke Skywalker is from the original Star Wars trilogy and commemorates the moment just before Luke learns the truth about his past. Endor Luke shows the young Jedi coming into his own!

Dagobah Yoda is ready to take on the young Skywalker as his final student!

Coming in July!

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http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gentlegiantltd-solicitations-for-february-2016/#respondTue, 23 Feb 2016 08:05:44 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=132873Four new products are coming from the gang at Gentle Giant at the end of 2016 from across the spectrum of their licenses. We see some great new stuff in their Jumbo universe including a new Secret Wars figure and the return of their Star Wars Jumbos!

PRODUCT: ROTJ Luke Skywalker Jumbo Figure

Inspired by the Kenner vintage Star Wars figures, Gentle Giant is proud to bring you the Young Jedi Knight, Luke Skywalker, in jumbo size! Returning to Tattooine once again, this time to help his friends, the Young Jedi arrives coaked in his hooded robe at Jabba’s Palace.
Digitally scanned from mint 3 ¾” Kenner originals and reproduced in 12” scale to the rest of the jumbo Kenner line, no detail has been overlooked. Roto and injection molded and made of durable plastics, this fully-articulated jumbo figure includes a faithfully re-produced lightsaber and cloth hooded robe.
To further capture the vintage feel, Gentle Giant has packaged this figure with a Return of the Jedi-inspired backer card featuring original photos and artwork. Designed with the collector in mind, the figure comes in a re-sealable plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display this limited edition figure.

Gentle Giant LTD continues the animated fun with the love starved “mad titan” himself, Thanos! This animated design of Death’s suitor is based off of artwork found in the pages and covers of Marvel Comics.
With balloon in hand, meant for his love, this Thanos collectible was digitally sculpted, and then printed out on state of the art 3D Systems printers. The prints were then used to create the prototypes needed to produce this fun filled statue of Thanos!
This Thanos statue continues Gentle Giant LTD’s ongoing line of Marvel Comics Characters in this animated style!

Gentle Giant LTD continues the animated fun with this next adorable yellow and red tin can, Iron Man! This animated design of the Iron Avenger is based off of artwork found in the pages and covers of Marvel Comics.
Blasting off to adventure, this Iron Man collectible was digitally sculpted, and then printed out on state of the art 3D Systems printers. The prints were then used to create the prototypes needed to produce this fun filled statue of Iron Man!
This Iron Man statue continues Gentle Giant LTD’s ongoing line of Marvel Comics Characters in this animated style!

Secret Wars was a 12 part series from Marvel Comics that introduced the character of The Beyonder to the Marvel Universe. The Beyonder, assembles a planet from chunks of other planets and dubs it “Battleworld”. He then kidnaps several heroes and villains from Earth, and transplants them on Battleworld to fight for The Beyonder’s amusement. Iron Man is transported along with the rest of the heroes to Battleworld to fight.
Digitally scanned from the original Secret Wars figures and reproduced in 12” scale, no detail has been overlooked. Roto and injection molded and made of durable plastics with original articulation.
To further capture the vintage feel, Gentle Giant has packaged this figure with a Secret Wars-inspired backer card featuring original photos and artwork. Designed with the collector in mind, the figure comes in a re-sealable plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display this limited edition figure.

]]>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gentlegiantltd-solicitations-for-february-2016/feed/0132873Walmart’s #StarWars Black 3.75″ Exclusive Linehttp://www.actionfigureinsider.com/walmarts-starwars-black-3-75-exclusive-line/
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/walmarts-starwars-black-3-75-exclusive-line/#commentsTue, 08 Sep 2015 11:00:38 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=125103On Friday night just before Force Friday started on the East Coast, Hasbro sent out a press release of their Star Wars The Force Awakens retailer exclusive tie-ins.

We are going to take a closer look at these exclusives now that they have released images of them. We will start with the Walmart exclusive 3.75″ Star Wars Black line. There have been some reports of these figures hitting some Walmart stores out East. Some fans have complained about the reduction of articulation for the new Episode VII 3.75″ figure line. With the continuation of the Black line it looks like we will get at least a handful of SWTFA figures with the articulation we were used to getting.

WALMART: This fall, Walmart is the home for STAR WARS collectors and the exclusive home of the fan-favorite STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 3.75-inch action figure line. A limited number of the first wave of the new line will be available in Walmart stores, and the second wave, featuring brand-new figures from STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and a brand-new PRINCESS LEIA figure, will be available for online pre-order!

]]>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/walmarts-starwars-black-3-75-exclusive-line/feed/2125103Hasbro’s Star Wars #ForceFridayCountdown Day 31http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-31/
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-31/#respondTue, 04 Aug 2015 11:00:24 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=123029Hasbro sent out this amazing page-a-day Star Wars calendar to help us countdown to the release of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens product on “Force Friday” on September 4th.

Today we are 31 days away from Force Friday and the toy of the day is the first large size Star Wars figure I ever bought… or more specifically my parents bought for me. We were on a family road trip for my dad’s business for a weekend conference. I remember my grandparents went with us to babysit my brother and I while my parents were working their booth at the convention/conference. My grandparents took us shopping to buy a new toy to keep us occupied. I went into the store thinking that I would just get a 3.75″ figure or two. Then I saw these large size figures and I flipped my lid! My grandparents let me get 2 of the figures. I got Luke and Obi-Wan.

I went on and collected the whole series, except for Leia (she was a “doll”) and the R2-D2 (becasue I had the remote controlled R2 that was close in scale and I thought was WAY cooler.)

To this day the vintage Kenner large sized action figures are some of my favorite things in my collection. (I have since picked up Leia and R2, and a couple of customs).

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http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-37/#respondWed, 29 Jul 2015 11:00:52 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=122683Hasbro sent out this amazing page-a-day Star Wars calendar to help us countdown to the release of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens product on “Force Friday” on September 4th.

Today we are 37 days away from Force Friday and the toy of the day is … wait… who are these figures? These aren’t the heroes we know and love! Ooooohhhh… wait. They are just in DISGUISE. Now it all makes sense. Never mind. As you were. Back to the countdown. Nothing to see here. (Ok guys! The coast is clear!)

]]>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-37/feed/0122683@GentleGiantLTD Announces July 2015 Solicitationshttp://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gentlegiantltd-announces-july-2015-solicitations/
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gentlegiantltd-announces-july-2015-solicitations/#respondMon, 20 Jul 2015 13:00:10 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=122177Four new products are coming in Q2 2016 from the gang at Gentle Giant from across the spectrum of their licenses and you can pre-order all of them now. We see some great new stuff in their Jumbo universe including Green Arrow being the very first series 2 Super Powers figure solicited in their Super Powers Jumbo line, and Gentle Giant rights a 3o year old wrong by finally giving the Secret Wars Captain America his signature accessory. See below for the four announcements, then head over to the official Gentle Giant website to preorder these items.

Green Arrow Super Powers Jumbo Figure

In 1984, Kenner began to release the next on their extremely popular action figure lines, the DC Super Powers Collection! This line included heroes such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and many, many more.
Gentle Giant is proud to announce the Green Arrow Jumbo Figure as the next in this stunning line of retro figures. This Green Arrow Jumbo figure was developed using state of the art 3D technology. Gentle Giant has taken the original DC Super Powers Green Arrow and created a highly accurate digital model with the use of 3D scanners. This digital model was then scaled to 12 inches tall, and then printed using top of the line 3D Systems printers. These pieces are then used in manufacturing to produce extremely accurate, scaled replicas.
The DC Super Powers Collection Jumbo Figures from Gentle Giant will be made from high quality vinyl, and some ABS plastic parts. Many of the figures will also include fabric capes and accessories, and in Green Arrow’s case, his trusty bow and arrow! Finally, these incredible figures will feature retro art packaging, and come in a protective re-sealable blister pack.

Secret Wars was a 12 part series from Marvel Comics that introduced the character of The Beyonder to the Marvel Universe. The Beyonder, assembles a planet from chunks of other planets and dubs it “Battleworld”. He then kidnaps several heroes and villains from Earth, and transplants them on Battleworld to fight for The Beyonder’s amusement. Captain America is transported to Battleworld with and is elected leader of the group almost instantly.
Digitally scanned from the original Secret Wars figures and reproduced in 12” scale, no detail has been overlooked. Roto and injection molded and made of durable plastics with original articulation. And of course, what would the Star Spangled Avenger be without his trusty shield!
To further capture the vintage feel, Gentle Giant has packaged this figure with a Secret Wars-inspired backer card featuring original photos and artwork. Designed with the collector in mind, the figure comes in a re-sealable plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display this limited edition figure.
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics).

The Mandalorian war culture was embraced by Bounty Hunter Boba Fett after the death of his father Jango. The Mandalorian logo, emblazoned on Boba Fett’s shoulder armor, has gained as much popularity (if not more) than the Imperial Cog logo and the insignia of the Rebel Alliance
Gentle Giant Ltd has taken this iconic insignia and fashioned it into a stunning set of bookends for use with books, video games, DVDs, or just as a stand alone decoration. This Mandalorian Logo bookend will look great on your entertainment center, or in your library! Hand cast in resin and hand painted, this limited edition piece is both collectible AND practical. May the Force be with you! (DVDs not included)
Star Wars is the most beloved science fiction/fantasy epic of all time – spawning merchandising, licensing, and products the entire world over. Gentle Giant’s line of products is based on original scan data from the Lucasfilm Archives, as well as on-location work.

In the triumphant scene at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, we see Princess Leia decorating Luke Skywalker and Han Solo with the Medal of Yavin, for their gallant effort that resulted in the destruction of the Imperial Death Star!
This amazing mini bust illustrates the pride that Luke Skywalker shows at the end of the film as he embraces his destiny as hero of Yavin, and hero of the Rebellion. This mini bust was digitally sculpted by our master artisans, using actual archival footage and designs. Each bust is rendered using the highest quality polystone, and is hand painted to exacting detail. All of the pieces in this series are individually numbered and paired with a matching certificate of authenticity.
Star Wars is the most beloved science fiction/fantasy epic of all time – spawning merchandising, licensing, and products the entire world over. Gentle Giant’s line of products is based on original scan data from the Lucasfilm Archives, as well as on-location work.

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http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-50/#commentsThu, 16 Jul 2015 11:00:13 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=122007Hasbro sent out this amazing page-a-day Star Wars calendar to help us countdown to the release of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens product on “Force Friday” on September 4th.

Today we are 50 days away from Force Friday and the toy of the day is a set from Hasbro Galactic Heroes pre-school line. This particular Episode IV boxed set was a Toys R Us exclusive.

On a chance purchase of the two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, Luke Skywalker has discovered a desperate message from Princess Leia’s call for help which has changed his life forever! After encountering Ben Kenobi, Han Solo and Chewbacca, they have set off on a journey to aboard the Death Star to rescue Princess Leia.

In one of the classic scenes in A New Hope, Luke Skywalker has disguised as a Stormtrooper to infiltrate the detention centre where the Princess is held captive. Today, Hot Toys is pleased to announce the 1/6th scale Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper Disguise Version) Collectible Figure as one of the 2015 Toy Fair Exclusive items!

The movie-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of Mark Hammil as Luke Skywalker disguised as a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

It features a newly painted head sculpt, specially tailored Stormtrooper armor, an interchangeable Stormtrooper helmet with mechanically detailed interior, weapons and accessories, and a figure stand.

Star Wars fans don’t miss the chance to include this special version of Luke Skywalker to your collection!

]]>http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/star-wars-16th-scale-luke-skywalker-stormtrooper-disguise-ver-from-hot-toys/feed/0121962Hasbro’s Star Wars #ForceFridayCountdown Day 52http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-52/
http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/hasbros-star-wars-forcefridaycountdown-day-52/#respondTue, 14 Jul 2015 11:00:12 +0000http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/?p=121879Hasbro sent out this amazing page-a-day Star Wars calendar to help us countdown to the release of new Star Wars: The Force Awakens product on “Force Friday” on September 4th.

Today we are 52 days away from Force Friday and the toy of the day is a two-pack that I still haven’t found yet – The Star Wars Black 6″ Hoth Luke and Wampa. Hopefully it will keep shipping long enough for me to find one at retail.